How's It Goin' Down

1998 single by Faith Evans and DMX
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How's It Goin' Down

Summary

How's It Goin' Down is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How's It Goin' Down's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • How's It Goin' Down's genre is East Coast hip-hop[4].
  • How's It Goin' Down's genre is dirty rap[5].
  • How's It Goin' Down followed Ruff Ryders' Anthem[6].
  • How's It Goin' Down was followed by Slippin'[7].
  • How's It Goin' Down was followed by Love Like This[8].
  • How's It Goin' Down was produced by Swizz Beatz[9].
  • Among the performers on How's It Goin' Down was DMX[10].
  • How's It Goin' Down was performed by Faith Evans[11].
  • How's It Goin' Down's record label is recorded as Ruff Ryders Entertainment[12].
  • How's It Goin' Down's record label is recorded as Def Jam Recordings[13].
  • How's It Goin' Down is part of It's Dark and Hell Is Hot[14].
  • How's It Goin' Down's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • How's It Goin' Down was released on January 1, 1998[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9f8bf951-a90f-4799-84fd-5b63370fa8cd[18]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include DMX[10] and Faith Evans[11]. How's It Goin' Down was produced by Swizz Beatz[9].

Publication

How's It Goin' Down was published on January 1, 1998[16]. Genres include East Coast hip-hop[4] and dirty rap[5]. It is part of It's Dark and Hell Is Hot[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

How's It Goin' Down followed Ruff Ryders' Anthem[6]. Successors include Slippin'[7] and Love Like This[8].

Why It Matters

How's It Goin' Down ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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